Mechanical Engineering: Teaching at its best

In addition to featuring in the top 10 for Mechanical Engineering in the UK, The Sunday Times University Guide has ranked Leeds number 1 out of all Russell Group universities.

The ranking is for mechanically based engineering for the second year running, with 87% of our students rating our teaching as excellent.

According to Sean Coughlan, the BBC’s education correspondent “The Russell Group represents some of the most prestigious universities in the UK” and in 2012 the group expanded to include 4 more elite universities including Durham, Exeter and Queen Mary, London. Even with this expanded group, the 2013 Guide shows Leeds’ score of 87% for Teaching Excellence once again puts it clearly at the top of this prestigious group, recognising the excellent student experience within the School.

*Mechanically based Engineering includes Mechanical, AutomotiveMedicalAeronautical Engineering and Product Design

The Sunday Times University Guide

Russell Group Universities

Teaching Excellence

Rank
 

2012

2013

 
University of Leeds

82.7

86.8

1

Durham University

68.8

83.3

2

Queen's University, Belfast

68.3

83.1

3

King's College London -

80.3

4

University of Cambridge

79.4

79.3

5

University of Nottingham

77.6

79.3

6

Cardiff University

75.2

77.8

7

University of Exeter

80.8

77.6

8

Imperial College London

65.1

77.4

9

University of Sheffield

71.7

77.0

10

University of Oxford

-

75.3

11

Queen Mary, London

73.8

73.2

12

University of Glasgow

69.5

72.7

13

Newcastle University

70.6

72.1

14

University of Bristol

72.9

72.0

15

University of Southampton

70.8

71.4

16

University of Birmingham

72.3

70.9

17

University of Warwick

71.0

69.5

18

University of Manchester

61.4

64.8

19

University of Liverpool

72.8

63.3

20

University College London

59.3

58.5

21

University of Edinburgh

61.3

57.8

22

Other Non Russell Group  
University of Bath

82.9

85.2

-

Loughborough University

79.6

81.8

-

Brunel University

77.7

75.3

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